What does a trauma-informed healthcare system look like? Do we currently have that in the UK? And if not what can we do to start to implement this?

Today I am speaking with award winning clinical psychologist, Dr Karen Treisman about becoming trauma-informed not just in healthcare but also in the education system.

We talk candidly about her work with looked after children in care and fostering and the cross over to boarding school.

And how do we heal?

A fascinating and inspiring conversation.

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Dr Karen Treisman, MBE, is an award winning highly specialist clinical psychologist, organizational consultant, trainer, author, and trauma specialist who has worked in the NHS (National Health System) and children’s social services for several years. 

Karen has also worked cross-culturally in both Africa and Asia with groups ranging from former child soldiers, asylum-seeking young people, to those living with HIV/AIDS, and to survivors of the Rwandan Genocide. She also is the bestselling author of several books and workbooks, 

Questions for Dr Treisman:

1. How did you get into the work you now do?
2. Could you please talk us through your new book about trauma-informed health care? What did you learn in writing it?
3. Do you feel we currently have a trauma-informed health care system?
4. And if not what do you feel needs to happen?
5. In your book you talk about how “every interaction is an intervention”. Could you please explain what you mean? 
6. Could you please talk about parenting and caring for children. What are some of the traumas and attachment difficulties within educational settings?
7. I would love to hear your clinical view of boarding schools?
8. “The parent child connection is the most powerful mental health intervention known to mankind.” Dr Bessel Van Der Kolk. Could you please talk about some case studies where you have seen this.
9. “What children really need is that they need to be held in safe hands, held in thinking minds and they need to be held in regulating bodies.” Could you please talk to this?
10. Other potential areas to talk about:

• Parenting/caring, 
• Self care
• Relational trauma requires relational repair
• Organisational trauma and betrayal trauma
• Culturally/adversity/trauma-informed and responsive organisations.
• Working in Africa and Asia and what you have learned
• It takes a village to raise a child

#traumainformed #childhoodtrauma #childparentconnection #boardingschooltrauma

To find out more about Dr Treisman's work please visit: http://www.safehandsthinkingminds.co.uk/

And to find her on social media: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-karen-treisman-38aa8678/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dr_treisman

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems.

He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man.

He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1

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Piers Cross

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